Millville, N.J. (August 16, 2010) - Craig Goess was determined to beat
the road course when he arrived at New Jersey Motorsports Park. He was
even more determined not to let the course beat him. Overcoming a myriad
of obstacles this weekend, Goess fought his way to an eighth-place
finish at the Millville, N.J. road course.

[esr.jpg] The weekend of the ARCA Racing Series Garden State 150
presented by American Red Cross got off to a rough start for Goess and
the No. 81 Greenville Toyota of N.C. In the first practice on Saturday
morning, Goess hit the fence in the Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota.

"It happened in the S-curves before I got up to the bridge," explained
Goess. "I got a bit sideways, and as the elevation changed back down,
the rear tire hit the rumble strip. I spun in a 180-degree angle, and
there was no catching it at that point. I slid into the fence."

The No. 81 ESR crew got right to work and brought out the back-up car
for Goess to take out for the final practice of the weekend.

"We took out the other car and ran two laps with it," said Goess.
"Then, the motor blew out. Things were not going our way. I knew I was
just going to have to go out there and work as hard as I could for
qualifying."

As the crew changed the engine in the back-up car, Goess looked to get
back on the track for qualifying. He was prepared to do the best he
could with a back-up car and engine. Goess had a solid qualifying effort
and laid down a lap of 85.551 seconds (94.680 mph), good enough for a
17th- place starting position.

The green flag flew on the Garden State ARCA 150 by American Red Cross
at 1 p.m. Sunday. Goess, starting in the 17th position, aimed for
consistency and a clean race.

The 29-year-old battled to stay in the top-15 for most of the race. In
only his third-career road course start, he looked to finish better than
his 10th-place finish at NJMP in 2009. Goess focused on hitting his
marks on the road course and worked his way through the field.

In the final laps of the race, Goess was able to climb into the top-10,
passing Steve Arpin for the eighth position.

"We were trying to have that final push at the end," said Goess. "I
tried to pass two other cars but couldn't get into a situation to
capitalize on any mistakes made by any of the leaders."

Casey Roderick raced his way to the checkered flag and earned his first
career ARCA Racing Series victory. Goess crossed the finish line eighth,
increasing his streak to seven consecutive top-10 finishes. This season,
Goess has six top-five and 10 top-10 finishes.

"We really didn't know what we had with a car and engine with only two
laps on this track and a few laps from qualifying," said Goess. "We did
the best that we could with what we had. Of course, I would have loved
to drive the primary car for the whole weekend, but I am really proud of
our guys. Everyone had a difficult weekend, and I think that we handled
everything that was thrown on us. I think that the battle that we faced
this weekend shows our teams perseverance to get back toward the top.
After everything that went on this weekend, a top-10 finish is pretty
good."

Goess fell to second place in the ARCA Racing Series championship points
standings to Frank Kimmel, who finished fourth in the race. Kimmel is
now only 10 points ahead of Goess with seven races to go in the 2010
ARCA Racing Series season.

Goess and the ARCA Racing Series will head to the one-mile dirt track
at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on Sunday, August 22.